LGPS needs to outline goals and priorities to get meaningful climate reporting from managers

Stephanie Baxter
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Pension funds should think about what they want to achieve from climate change data reporting in order to make better informed decisions, according to a panel at the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association’s (PLSA) Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) conference.

Most local government funds have already begun work to align with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, and around 74% of all the local authorities have no...

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